Aug. 15, 1887: Eatonville becomes one of first all-black towns in U.S.

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Remembering
 Hurricane 
Charley

Little did we know on Aug. 13, 2004 that Charley would be the first of four major hurricanes that would upend lives, boost sales of storm shutters and generator systems and jack up our property insurance rates forever


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Silicon Where?

IBM's first PC was developed in 
Boca Raton in 1981.

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If at first you don't succeed,
Keep revising 
the state seal

Revisions to Florida's original seal, adopted in 1868, contained errors such as mountains in the background and an Indian woman wearing a headdress. 


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Mothers of
Miami

Mary Brickell and Julia Tuttle controlled the land that became Miami and brokered the deal that brought the railroad into town in 1896.
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Orange County Regional
History Center celebrates
Gone With The Wind
75th Anniversary

With nine weeks of special events
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July 20, 1969:
One giant leap
for mankind

More than 1 million people came to Brevard County to watch the Apollo 11 launch and an estimated half billion watched the moon landing on TV. 
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Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist
Allen Collins
survived the plane crash but not the tragedies that followed

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Happy Birthday 
to Florida's 
Third-favorite
football coach

Former Hurricanes, Dolphins coach Jimmy Johnson is 71.  
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Riviera Beach's
Dairy Belle
is still scooping 
out memories

Click here to read more from the new book, Growing Up in Northern Palm Beach County by Ruth Herman Berge

Florida celebrates 
The Fourth of July

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photo gallery of
Florida's Independence Day celebrations

The Doors are still angry
about Jim Morrison's '70
Miami conviction

July 3, 1971: Melbourne native Jim Morrison dies in Paris

St. Augustine
Reluctantly remembers

Its fight to save segregation killed opposition to the
Civil Rights Act of 1964

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How sweet it was

Jackie Gleason brought showbiz glamour to South Florida

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On this day in Florida history:

'World's First Oceanarium'
opens as 
Marine Studios

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Memorabilia sought for new book on history of Strawberry Festival

Plant City event celebrating 
80th birthday in 2015

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Happy Birthday,
Jacksonville

Named after future President Andrew Jackson, you became one of Florida's first and most important cities.

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Bridge to Paradise

"Looking into the future not far distant we see a beautiful residence district on the other side, which this bridge will open up."

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On this day in Florida history:

Jewish refugee ship turned
away from Florida coast

"It doesn't seem possible that so many people could crowd aboard one ship" 
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This Mayacan owl
represents
the wrong tribe

But the carving found in 1955 isn't the only example of misrepresentation of Timucuan Indians at historical sites in Florida  

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